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How long elderly 85+ years old with kidney failure below 15% survives without dialysis treatment? resist for dialysis?
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Depends on the reasons for the kidney dysfunction and whether the kidney is still capable of performing its basic operations. This is a question for the kidney specialist seeing this person.
Answered 3/20/2023
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How long a person survives is always a guess, This scenario has a grim prognosis but the exact time can not be predicted
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